The volume of the Moon is about #2.18 xx 10^10# cubic kilometers. The volume of Earth is about #1.09 xx 10^12# cubic kilometers. About how many Moons can fit inside Earth?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-17T05:35:36

#50# moons can fit inside Earth.

Volume of Earth is #1.09xx10^12# cubic kilometers

Volume of Moon is #2.18xx10^10# cubic kilometers

Hence number of Moons that can fit in Earth is

#(1.09xx10^12)/(2.18xx10^10#

= #10^(12-10)/2# #" "# as #" "2.18=1.09xx2#

= #10^2/2#

= #100/2=50#